Cavity ring-down spectroscopy of ambient NO2 with quantification and elimination of interferences

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 24, 2006, Pages 7868-7873

  Hargrove, James ^a   Wang, Liming ^a,b   Muyskens, Karen ^a,c   Muyskens, Mark ^a,c   Medina, David ^a   Zaide, Susan ^a   Zhang, Jingsong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c CALVIN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; VAPORS;

BACKGROUND SIGNAL; CALIBRATION GAS; CAVITY RING-DOWN SPECTROSCOPY; METHOXYPHENOL;

NITROGEN OXIDES;

NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

ABSORPTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; VAPORS;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DETECTION METHOD; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SPECTROSCOPY;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR SAMPLING; ANALYZER; ARTICLE; CAVITY RING DOWN SPECTROSCOPY; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOW RATE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEASUREMENT; NEODYMIUM LASER; SPECTROSCOPY; UNITED STATES;

ARTIFACTS; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 33845777639     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es061287o     Document Type: Article

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